The 1872 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 5, 1872, as part of the 1872 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nevada voted for the Republican candidate, Ulysses S. Grant, over Liberal Republican candidate Horace Greeley. Grant won Nevada by a margin of 14.86%. After this election, Humboldt County would not vote for a Republican candidate again until Theodore Roosevelt won it in 1904.
Results + General Election ResultsNevada State Archives, Canvass of the Votes cast at the General Election held in the State of Nevada on the 5th day of November A.D. 1872 for Presidential ElectorsParty Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant William B. Taylor8,413 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant John H. Mills8,403 Republican Party Ulysses S. Grant James W. Haines8,392 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley M. N. Stone6,236 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley Robert M. Clarke6,235 Liberal Republican Party Horace Greeley C. W. Lightner6,232Votes cast 14,649
Results by county Ulysses S. GrantRepublican Horace GreeleyLiberal Republican Margin Total votes cast County # % # % # %Churchill4143.62%5356.38%-12-12.77%94Douglas23168.75%10531.25%12637.50%336Elko61152.27%55847.73%534.53%1,169Esmeralda26756.33%20743.67%6012.66%474Humboldt39252.27%35847.73%344.53%750Lander97251.43%91848.57%542.86%1,890Lincoln84944.83%1,04555.17%-196-10.35%1,894Lyon45771.63%18128.37%27643.26%638Nye33953.55%29446.45%457.11%633Ormsby51462.38%31037.62%20424.76%824Storey2,60363.89%1,47136.11%1,13227.79%4,074Washoe47762.68%28437.32%19325.36%761White Pine66059.35%45240.65%20818.71%1,112Totals8,41357.43%6,23642.57%2,17714.86%14,649
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Liberal Republican Churchill (was tied) Lincoln
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Nye (was tied)
See also United States presidential elections in Nevada
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